Refrigeration Pipework & Brazing

Details

This is a two-day training and assessment course for up to 4-6 candidates (90% practical).

Day One Is taken up with theory, setting up and using Oxy-acetylene equipment and basic pipework skills.

Day Two Brazing technique and producing test pieces.

The course can be held at our Training Centre in Doncaster or, with prior agreement, on-site at your premises.

Candidates will be issued with a full set of CITB study notes and workbook at the start of the course.

Benefits

The course is essential for all personnel who wish to be competent in installing and/or replacing refrigeration or air conditioning copper pipework.

It is a practically orientated course but includes theoretical elements for safe and competent refrigeration brazing techniques.

The course ensures approved industry standards (The British Refrigeration Association) of workmanship and that best practices are shown and achieved.

Contents

General Safety:

• General Duties Of Employers
• General Duties Of Employees
• Control Of Substances Hazardous To Health Regulations 1988 (Coshh)
• Protection Against Burns From Flames And Sparks
• Protection From Fumes
• Transport
• Storage & Safety
• Gas
• Cylinders In Fires

Refrigeration Pipework:

• Introduction
• Copper Tubing
• Hard Drawn
• Bending Copper Tubing
• Swaged Joint
• Soft Drawn
• Cutting Copper Tubing
• Flared Connections
• Fittings
• Oxy-acetylene Equipment
• Cylinder Safety Precautions
• Acetylene
• Explosion Risks
• Oxygen
• Gas Pressure Regulators
• High Pressure Blowpipe
• Backfires And Flashbacks
• General Preparations
• Setting The Gas Pressures
• Lighting The Blowpipe
• To Shut Down The Plant
• Blowpipe Flame
• The Neutral Flame
• The Carburizing Flame
• The Oxidising Flame
• Power To The Flame
• Brazing Alloys
• Brazing Techniques
• Cutting And Fitting Cleaning
• Proper Fluxing
• Assembling And Supporting
• Purging System With Dry Nitrogen Caution
• Heating And Flowing
• The Alloy Points To Remember
• Cleaning After Brazing
• Installation Planning
• Pre-Site Checks
• Pre-Installation Checks
• Pressure Testing
• Typical Defects - Causes and Remedies